Distinguished Experts:
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Raj kishor
Executive DirectorRaj kishore
Executive Director
Rajkishor is a senior Editor, columnist and thought leader with nearly 25 years of experience in Hindi media.
He is known for his keen understanding of the Indian socio-political landscape. Few understand castes and their role in Indian polity, bureaucracy, judiciary & media as he does.
While covering the top echelon in India, he also developed an understanding of the intricacies of India’s relationship with China, Pakistan and other ASEAN countries.
In his long career, he has headed many projects on different platforms and mediums. He is also a social influencer, followed by many Indian policymakers.
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Prashant Kunwar
FellowPrashant Kunwar
Fellow
Prashant is a business consultant for SME’s in UK and Europe to reach foreign markets by establishing partnerships. A SOAS, University of London Alumnus with a master’s degree in Development studies focusing on Political Economy of Development, Government and Politics of South Asia, Prashant is a firm believer in Sports diplomacy. He connected and facilitated a cricket match at Lords between MCC and Nepal cricket team to celebrate 200 years of UK and Nepal relations. He also facilitated an interaction programme between UK businesses and Nepalese Prime Minister KP Oli. He served as the Vice chairman of Britain Nepal Chamber of Commerce, and as Vice president of UK Asian Business Council. Having worked for Nepalese Government, he now works closely with the UK and Nepalese governments to enhance trade ties between these countries and acted as Project Manager of the first official trade delegation from UK to Nepal in 2011.
As the current Chair of London Mela, he lobbies with the local government and attracts sponsorship from businesses to achieve the diversity and inclusion goals each year. Prashant believes that diasporas are strategically vital for bi-lateral relations and works closely with the South Asian diaspora in the UK.
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Ronald Emilio Segura
Human Sustainability FellowRonald Emilio Segura
Human Sustainability Fellow
Ronald Segura is a Social Innovation Strategist at the Omar Dengo Foundation, Costa Rica. He is a graduate of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs and specializes in practice areas related to rural development, environmental sustainability, conservation finance, impact investing, and community and stakeholder engagement. His research interests include sustainable agriculture and trade, international politics, fundraising and fund management. Currently he is developing different investment opportunities for Central America, Mexico and other developing regions in the global south. In the past, he has worked as a consultant for national and local government organizations, NGO´s and private educational institutions in Costa Rica. His previous position at the EARTH University, Costa Rica involved the coordination of training programs, interdepartmental collaboration, international relations for project development aimed at the rejuvenation of rural ecosystems.
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Neha Dewan
Fellow & Political Affairs OfficerNeha Dewan
Fellow & Political Affairs Officer
Neha Dewan is an expert in International Relations and Security, focusing on South Asian politics. She is a Non-Resident Fellow and Political Affairs Officer at Global Policy Insights (GPI). She is the Project Lead for The Commonwealth Project at GPI and is the Research Coordinator for the Artificial Intelligence & Public Policy Programme.
She is a Consultant at the UNESCO New Delhi Cluster Office, mandated to cover South Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal. She is also a Non-Resident Fellow at TRENDS Research & Advisory, Abu Dhabi. Neha holds an MPhil in International Relations & Politics from the University of Cambridge. She also holds a BA (Honours) in Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College for Women and an advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding (CTPB), receiving the best dissertation and excellency awards for her work on conflict studies.
She has been a Research Fellow for Dr Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament (India) and former International diplomat, and has had experience working with diplomats, international governments, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan among others. She has published widely on her expertise and has had several speaking engagements
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Mohit Agrawal
FellowMohit Agrawal
Fellow
Mohit Agrawal is a Legal Consultant with a focus in Energy and Infrastructure Law and Project Development and Financing ensuring community sustainable development. Master of Laws (LL.M.) Graduate of Georgetown Law, Washington D.C. with specialization in International Business and Economic Law he specializes in solar and wind energy power projects, infrastructure projects, battery storage and financing of carbon capture technologies. Working on the regulatory and financing field, he helps clients structure and negotiate all aspects of energy and infrastructure transactions, navigate the complex regulatory frameworks governing the industry and litigates issues influencing the energy and infrastructure sector. He is currently expanding towards biomass, landfill gas, bio-materials and biogas and Heat recovery technologies which have huge potential globally, and seeks to combine his legal and financial experience to help clients and governments negotiate complex business transactions, project permitting and development analysis and enable sustainable industry-oriented policy and legislation.
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Upasana Singh
Instructor and FellowUpasana Singh
Instructor and Fellow
Upasana Singh holds an LL.B from University of Delhi and an LL.M from Indian Law Institute. Where she specialised in Human Rights Law and Criminal Law and was the batch topper. She is UGC-NET qualified. Her research interests are in the area of Criminal Law and women equity. In her spare time she likes to read biographies and fiction
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Abhinav Pandya
GPI Global Strategic Affairs FellowAbhinav Pandya
Fellow & Political Affairs Officer
Abhinav Pandya, is a GPI Global Strategic Affairs Fellow and the author of the book “Radicalization in India”. He is a Cornell University graduate in public affairs, and specializes in counterterrorism, Indian foreign policy and Afghanistan-Pakistan geopolitics. He has written for the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), a premier think tank of India in national security, Haaretz (Israel), Pak Tea House, the Express Tribune (Pakistan), Huffington Post, Fair Observer (U.S.), Indian Military Review, Policy Perspectives Foundation (India), The Print, First Post and Economic Times (India). For VIF, he wrote critical papers on post-ISIS terrorism-scenario, terror-financing and the use of bit coins in terror financing. He has given lectures on security issues at 26 Division Corps, Jammu, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IIT, Gandhinagar and various other Universities. He also appears on television as strategic affairs analyst. He is currently undertaking a comprehensive research project on Terror financing in Jammu and Kashmir for his upcoming monograph on the subject. He is based in Udaipur, India and is a free-lance researcher. He has also advised Mr. Satya Pal Malik, the former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on radicalization and the jihadist organizations in Kashmir. He also advised him on youth engagement and outreach. In the past, Abhinav has worked as a consultant with UN and civil society in the US and India.
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Abhinav Chowdhry
FellowAbhinav Chowdhry
Fellow
Abhinav is a Research Associate at Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, involved in research on agriculture, nutrition and public health. He is extremely interdisciplinary and has varied interests and so he has a Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering from RGPV, Bhopal, a Master's degree in Finance and Control from The Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi, and a second Masters in Public Administration (Environmental Science and Policy) from Cornell University. He has worked in the domains of banking, sustainable agriculture, environmental finance, and renewables. He is also soon to join a PhD program in Information Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Abhinav's other interests include history, financial market investments, health science, and food.
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Tiana Salci
Non-Resident FellowTiana Salci
Non-Resident Fellow
Tiana is a graduate from Cornell University in Bachelors of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations. She worked with various Law firms such as Greenspoon Marder, Court Consultation Services. She has also collaborated with interns and lawyers as a Research Assistant at School of Law, New York University. She is passionate about the idea of development for a greater good through public policy and development.
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Jasmine Mehta
Non-Resident FellowJasmine Mehta
Non-Resident Fellow
Jasmine is a Fellow at Global Policy Insights and a Co-Chair at the Indian Women in International Relations Forum. She also serves as the Head ESG Issuer Communications - EMEA, MSCI. As EMEA Lead for ESG Issuer Communications, Jasmine engages on ESG issues with corporates rated and researched by MSCI ESG Research to educate them on their MSCI ESG assessments, raise standards for sustainability disclosures, and explain how investors use ESG criteria in investment decision making. Prior to this, she was responsible for ESG Marketing in APAC and global execution of ESG marketing strategies, at MSCI. She holds a Masters in Capital Markets, Regulation, and Compliance from the ICMA Centre, University of Reading, UK and is pursuing an Exec. Masters in International Strategy and Diplomacy from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Manuj Bhardwaj
Fellow, International Trade and EconomicsManuj Bhardwaj
Fellow, International Trade and Economics
Manuj is an international lawyer & policy analyst from India, specializing in trade & investment, climate policy, education strategy and foreign policy. Manuj, with his legal & corporate professional managerial expertise has recognized the fault points in the present culture of legal, strategic and education services. He is the Founder & Managing Partner of BSM Legal Advisors & Strategy Consultants LLP which is an India based international legal & policy advisory, strategy consultancy and investment solutions firm, headquartered in Delhi. He advises corporations on inward & outward trade and investment in India. He also regularly advises various inter-governmental bodies and Government of various countries on important issues related to foreign policy, climate change, trade and development. His areas of expertise include International Economics, Fiscal Policy, IPR, Trade & Investment Laws, International Refugee Laws, Education Strategy, Cyber Laws, Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence and International Arbitration.
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Archish Mittal
AdvisorArchish Mittal
Advisor
Archish Mittal is a student of Masters In Law & Diplomacy at the Fletcher School, Tufts University and currently working at the South Asia program at the EastWest Institute. He is also the Founder & Executive Director of R Ventures Foundation and has worked with the German government to provide access to vocational education to refugees. Archish has studied Investments & Business at Cass Business School, City University of London. He was also Awarded Next-Gen Scholarship at the Centre for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. An Honorary member of Heidelberg International Club presided by the Mayor of Heidelberg, Germany. He was recently nominated to be a Raisina Young Fellow by Observer Research Foundation(ORF) in New Delhi. He is a part of communities, including Skoll World Forum, Horasis Global Visions Community, and Nexus Youth Summit. Archish serves on the board of the Lotus Learning Foundation and Sakura Peace Institute.
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Eeshan Chaturvedi
AdvisorEeshan Chaturvedi
Advisor
Member, World Commission on Environmental Law, IUCN; Advocate Supreme Court of India
Eeshan Chaturvedi is an environmental and energy lawyer. He completed his LLM in Environmental law and policy from Stanford Law School in June, 2015. After graduating in Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Laws (equivalent of J.D.), he served as a judicial clerk, in the Supreme Court of India. After this, he became the first Judicial Clerk appointed by the National Green Tribunal of India. With specific interest in Environmental litigation and policy, he worked on environmental issues ranging from ground water restoration, restructuring of highways and other infrastructure projects, to sustainable development requirements in policy framework, international oil spill and like cases.
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Jonathon Cummings
Vice President Americas (North and South) regionJonathon Cummings
Vice President Americas (North and South) region
Jonathon is a post-graduate from Cornell Institute for Public Affairs with focus on Government, Politics and Policy studies. He has also worked as the Diplomatic Engagement Associate with the Global Peace Foundation (GPF). His focus while at GPF was developing the International Young Leaders Assembly (IYLA). Currently, he is a partner at Shomei Group and also a Member of the Steering Committee for the Alliance for South-South Cooperation, which is a UN mandated organization that works with the UN Office of South-South Cooperation to promote the interests of civil society throughout the global south, where he represents China as well as African countries.
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Jan Helge Kalvik
Advisor and Senior Strategic Affairs FellowJan Helge Kalvik
Advisor and Senior Strategic Affairs Fellow
Jan Helge Kalvik is the Editor-In-Chief and Founder of the International Magazine Defence and Intelligence Norway (DIN). He is also the Public Relations expert at Public Relations Norway AS. As an objective old school journalist and truth hunting editor through the last 30+ years, Kalvik has made himself known for publishing solid, fact checked material on important international challenges like security, anti-terror, peace processes and military missions. He has served as an editor of Social Media at the Maltese Knights of Norway, Commandery St. Sunniva.
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Wamika Kapur
FellowWamika Kapur
Fellow
Wamika Kapur (wamika_kapur) is currently a Phd Candidate at Seoul's Yonsei University. She was a Research Assistant to Legislators (RAL) at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies (RGICS), a 25-year old national policy think tank in India. Prior to her time at RGICS, she studied law at the Indian Law Society (ILS) Law School, Pune, India in 2014 and pursued her Masters in East Asian Studies from University of Delhi in 2016, with a concentration on Korea and China. Her research is focused on US-China relations, Technology & Politics, Foreign Policy and National Security.
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Oniel Cross
AdvisorOniel Cross
Advisor
Oniel Cross is a Principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP. He currently leads the Cloud Integration offering for Deloitte Government and Public Sector practice. He specializes in advising clients to achieve IT Modernization and Digital Transformation by leveraging an API Led approach to Integration and creating a scalable architecture for integrating application and data. He also focuses on harnessing the power of Cloud, Cyber, and AI to enable our clients to leverage emerging technology to drive modernization.
Oniel’s career spans over 20 years, serving as a trusted advisor to Government and Public Sector clients, and helping his clients to harness the power of technology to meet their strategic goals.
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Mrinal Tayal
(Non-Resident Fellow)Mrinal Tayal
(Non-Resident Fellow)
Mrinal is an entrepreneur with business interests in sectors like Defense and Storage Management. She is an active political and social crusader, championing the cause for women empowerment on national platforms. She has served as an Advisor and Parliament Associate to the Minister of State- Social Justice and Empowerment- Govt of India. She also served as an executive member on Board of committees at PHD Chamber of Commerce and has worked at board level and senior positions in the corporate and banking sector. She is a postgraduate in International Affairs and Relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy- Tufts University and Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University (cross registrant). She also holds Master’s in Business Administration and a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering. Her specialization is in the field of Development Economics, International Business Strategy and Political-Economy of Trade.
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Arne Gerrit Halvorsen
AdvisorArne Gerrit Halvorsen
Advisor
Arne Gerrit Halvorsen, Former Member of the United Nations War Crime Investigation Group in Former Yugoslavia. Arne has been responsible for United Nations and NATO Military Police Special Investigation Group in seven mission for seven years. He had been an instructor at the United Nations and NATO Military Police courses. He has been involved in several peacekeeping efforts in wars and internal conflicts. He was an International Observer in the city of Hebron managing the Israel-Palestine Conflict. Similarly he has served in the UN Military Police in Lebanon, Camp Rafah in Egypt, and many other places. He has also served in the Norwegian Airforce and held the rank of a Captain and Pilot and now the title of "Veteran" given by the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
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Nishant Tiwary,
Non-Resident FellowNishant Tiwary,
Non-Resident Fellow
Indian Police Services Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, India
A President and the Prime Minister of India awardee, an international author for the Oxford University Press, Nishant Tiwary is a highly decorated and accomplished Indian Public Servant. Deeply committed to achieving SDGs and reducing the impact of climate change, he is contributing to path breaking initiatives and policies as the Coordinator, International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, India. He has been instrumental in implementing the Aadhaar—the world’s largest biometric database at the Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI).
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Sarah Allick
Civil Systems ExpertSarah Allick
Civil Systems Expert
Sarah Allick was born to a highly celebrated Air Force family in Okinawa Japan, and became a professional volleyball player at 15, a global vogue fashion model at 18 years old, and a professional inventor at 19 years old when she started to develop products to solve problems such as the ones in her neighborhood that then became sold to cities, such as the Freedom Swish Indestructible Basketball Net. She devotes her life to aid the world in meeting the UN's Global Sustainability Goals through invention, production, and marketing of strategic key innovations that are able to provide for each and every individual on the planet.
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Gintarė Narkevičiūtė
Senior FellowGintarė Narkevičiūtė
Senior Fellow
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Snigdha Banerjee
Communications Advisor for GPISnigdha Banerjee
Communications Advisor for GPI
Snigdha Banerjee is the Creative Head at Global Policy Insights. She conceptualizes new ideas for branding, advertising campaigns and overlooks the marketing for the organization.
She also works as an independent filmmaker and directs her own productions.
Snigdha holds a Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication degree from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University with a focus on mass communication, filmmaking, PR, advertisement and journalism.
In the past, she has worked with different NGOs to promote awareness on mental health, poverty, gender equity, sustainable society, peace and justice through art. Snigdha has always been deeply invested in the art of storytelling and informing society about the current affairs through theatre plays, street plays, and short films. She has also worked in Hindustan Times as a tech reporter and in Zee Media as an editor.
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Dr. Dmytro Ishchenko
AdvisorDr. Dmytro Ishchenko
Advisor
Dr. Dmytro Ishchenko is the Chairman at the Kyiv School of Diplomatic Arts. He is a researcher with a special interest in diplomatic affairs, cultural history, and the role of collective identities in international relations. Between 2002 and 2010, he served as a diplomat and political analyst at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (2002-2006) and the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union (2006- 2010). Having returned to scholarly and pedagogical activities, Dr. Ishchenko became one of the architects of the International Relations Program at the National University of KyivMohyla Academy. He teaches a number of courses pertaining to the IR curriculum, including the History of International Relations, the Theory and Practice of Diplomacy, Diplomatic Writing, and the Introduction to Policy Analysis. In 2019, Dr. Ishchenko co-founded the Kyiv School of Diplomatic Arts as a center of intellectual inquiry and professional training in the realm of diplomacy and intercultural communication. The areas of his expertise are: the history of international relations; diplomatic, cultural, and social history; the history of ideas; collective identities in international affairs; ethnic conflicts and the conflicts of civilizations; foreign policies and ideologies; theories and practices of diplomacy.
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Chitresh Shrvastva
Non-Resident Fellow - Expert, Railways and Critical Transport InfrastructureChitresh Shrvastva
Non-Resident Fellow - Expert, Railways and Critical Transport Infrastructure
Chitresh Shrvastva completed his M.Phil in Public Policy from JAIN (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru and is currently pursuing his PhD in Public Policy from JAIN (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. He is associated with CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. He is currently serving as an Honorary member as the Head of Research for Domestic and Global Railway Policies at the Center for National Policy Research and is the founder of Transport Review Forum, a conglomeration of academicians, professionals and students, working towards providing research-oriented solutions for the road and the railway sector. His primary area of interest include domestic and global railway policies
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Dr Manavik Raj
FellowDr Manavik Raj
Fellow
Dr Manavik Raj completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), in Journalism and Mass communication Research Topic – The role of corporate communications in Image building and development of Karnataka state. He is a conscientious professional with strong skills and exposure to journalism, policy writing and media education. A trained journalist, policy analyst and academic seeking a suitable professional opportunity in any publication, think tank or organization of repute.
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Rajesh Mehta
AdvisorRajesh Mehta
Advisor
Rajesh Mehta serves as President and CEO of Mehta Software Services Private Limited and is Founder of Entry-India. He specializes in areas related to market entry, public policy and innovation space and has closely worked with prominent International organizations like Tekes, European Business Technology Centre, Finpro, JETRO, METI and Global Clean Water. Rajesh was President (India) for IndoScandic Organization based out of Sweden. He is a Member of the Executive Committee at Centre For Trade, Promotion & Industry and earlier served as Adviser to WASME (World Association of Small & Medium Enterprises). He has also been on the Advisory Board of prominent international Organizations like Infinite Sum Modelling, Europe-India Chamber of commerce and Industry, Red Fort Strategies and End Poverty, a prominent non profit. Rajesh is a prolific writer and has written on a wide range of subjects for leading publications like The Times of India, ET Government, The Hindu, The Financial Express, The Hindu Business Line, The Sunday Guardian, The Fair Observer & The American Bazaar.He has written compendiums on “Women Entreprenuership”, “skill development “, “Jal Jeevan”, “Atmanirbhar Bharat” & “Aspiring India@75”.
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Himanshu Burad
Expert FellowHimanshu Burad
Expert Fellow
I am Himanshu Burad. I have graduated from IIT (BHU) Varanasi, with B.Tech degree in Ceramic Engineering. While at IIT, I participated in a number of policy initiatives taken in the college and also volunteered for multiple organisations. I have a keen interest in Sustainable Development and Governance Policy. Currently, I am a scholar in a post graduate programme at Indian School of Public Policy.
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Bhavdeep
Expert FellowBhavdeep
Expert Fellow
hile serving as a Research Analyst with Global Policy Insights, Bhavdeep also serves as a Visiting Consultant with the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA India) and had been recently working as a Senior Research Associate with them. He has previously worked as a Visiting Researcher with Red Lantern Analytica (a New Delhi-based think tank) and as a Teaching Fellow with Teach for India. He has also previously worked as a political consultant for various political parties, while also having interned with Chase India, CLAWS, Office of MP Mr. Anurag Singh Thakur, and Office of MLA Mr. Ninong Ering
A lawyer by training, Bhavdeep completed his Master’s in Diplomacy, Law & Business with a specialization in Defense & National Security studies from Jindal School of International Affairs, Sonepat.
Research associate:
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...Evan Tsao
Research AssociateEvan Tsao
(Research Assistant)
Evan is a master’s candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy with a focus on US foreign policy and Pacific Asia studies. He was an assistant research fellow at a Taiwanese premier foreign policy think-tank Prospect Foundation, where he coordinated track 2 diplomacy events and conducted policy analyses. He was also a project associate at a multinational public relations firm and an intern at the EU embassy in Taiwan. He is particularly interested in US-China-Taiwan relations, US congress, the Indo-Pacific strategy, and the Belt and Road Initiative.
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...Ibeawuchi Collins
Research AssociateIbeawuchi Collins
(Research Assistant)
Ibeawuchi Collins Ugochukwu is an SDG advocate, Pan Africanist, humanist, public speaker, and life coach. After completing his diploma in 2018, in the field of public administration from the federal polytechnic of Nekede, Imo State, Nigeria, he became an associate at the Chartered Institute Of Nigeria Public Administration and Local Government at Lagos State. He is also the founder/ president of the young African Network For Global Goals popularly known in Africa and across as YANGG. Currently, he is pursuing a B.A in History and International Studies at the University of Calabar, Calabar, Crossriver state Nigeria.
Young Researchers:
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...Riddhi Gupta
Riddhi Gupta
Riddhi is a young researcher at Global Policy Insights
She is a student currently studying in 11th standard at Mayo College Girls' School, Ajmer. She is passionate about creative writing and enjoys studying Psychology and Economics . She has a keen interest in learning about global issues and helping the society .
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